Skeptical Salon: Epileptic by David B.
February 25, 2016 7:30 PM Location: Jennifer’s Place Graphic novel time! We’ll be reading Epileptic, by David B. Lots of copies of this one at the Chicago Public Library! Bring a snack to share and/or...
View ArticleWas Malthus Correct?
Saturday, February 20, 2016 12:30 PM Location: Black Rock February’s presentation will be from Corina Schusheim: “My talk will be an inquiry about whether the Robert Malthus Theory of Population Growth...
View ArticleEffective Affect
Saturday, March 19, 2016 12:30 PM Location: Black Rock Emotions are messy, disorganized and don’t help us make rational decisions. Right? Then why do we have them? Scientists have gone through great...
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Skeptical Salon: Mr. Wilson’s Cabinet of Wonder by Lawrence Weschler
March 24, 2016 7:30 PM Location: Jennifer’s Place A short book for short notice! For March, we’ll be reading Mr. Wilson’s Cabinet of Wonder by Lawrence Weschler. It looks like a fun read and there are...
View ArticleSkeptical Salon – Abducted: How People Come to Believe They Were Kidnapped by...
April 21, 2016 7:30 PM Location: Jennifer’s Place This month’s book will be Abducted: How People Come to Believe They Were Kidnapped by Aliens by Susan A. Clancy. From amazon.com: They are tiny. They...
View ArticleHow to Solve Climate Change Without Breaking the Bank
Saturday, April 16, 2016 12:30 PM Location: Black Rock As many skeptics know, rampant disinformation distorts the science on anthropogenic global warming, but did you know the disinformation campaign...
View ArticleFarewell to Skeptic Tower
May 19, 2016 7:30 PM Location: Jennifer’s Place There’s no Skeptical Salon book for this month, because OUR HOSTS ARE MOVING! Instead, we’re having one last hurrah at Skeptic Tower. Same bat time, same...
View ArticleSkeptics in the Pub!
Saturday, June 18, 2016 12:30 PM Location: Black Rock It’s summertime, and the Meetups are breezy! Come on over to Black Rock for a super-casual hangout with fellow like-minded folks. There’s no formal...
View ArticleSkeptical Salon: The Signal & the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail
July 28, 2016 7:30 PM Location: Jennifer and Jeff’s Place We’re back on for the Skeptical Salon; please note the new location! This month, we’ll be reading The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many...
View ArticleI Need Diverse Games
Saturday, July 23, 2016 12:30 PM Location: Black Rock If you like video games and love seeing awesome new titles with great stories and characters that everyone can really get behind, this is the talk...
View ArticleBelieving In Things We Cannot See
Saturday, August 20, 2016 12:30 PM Location: Black Rock Is belief without sight rational? God may be beyond human comprehension, but then again, so is most science – at least to us mere mortals (with...
View ArticleSkeptical Salon – Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences
August 25, 2016 7:30 PM Location: Jamie and Eric’s Place Skeptical Salon returns to the South Loop this month, group members may find the address on Meetup. Since this was announced on such short...
View ArticleOur 10th Anniversary!
Saturday, September 17, 2016 12:30 PM Location: Black Rock According to Meetup, this group was started in September 2006. That means it’s one of those Big Deal Anniversary things, right? So let’s have...
View ArticleSkeptical Salon: Witness for the Defense: The Accused, the Eyewitness and the...
Date TBD 7:30 PM Location: Jennifer and Jeff’s Place (probably) For October, we’ll be reading Witness for the Defense: The Accused, the Eyewitness and the Expert Who Puts Memory on Trial by Dr....
View ArticleSkeptical Salon: Merchants of Doubt
Thursday, October 22 7:30 PM Location: Jennifer and Jeff’s Place (probably) For November, we’ll be reading Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway. From amazon.com: Now a powerful...
View ArticleSkepticism about Doing Good: Effective Altruism and Starting Evidence-based...
Saturday, November 19, 2016 12:30 PM Location: Black Rock Where should I donate to charity? How do I know if a charity is effective? These are questions at the heart of effective altruism, which is...
View ArticleMarch Against Myths (a discussion)
Saturday, October 22, 2016 12:30 PM Location: Black Rock Kavin Senapathy and Dave Sutherland co-founded March Against Myths (MAMyths) in 2015 with Dr. Karl Haro von Mogel to wield science activism in...
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Festivus 2016
Saturday, December 10 7:00 p.m. Location: Wise Owl Drinkery and Cookhouse 324 S. Racine Ave. It’s Festivus…for the rest of us! Join Chicago Skeptics in December for our annual Festivus party! The...
View ArticleJanuary Meetup
Saturday, January 21, 2017 12:30 PM Location: The Rugby Club Pub Our first Meetup of 2017! Same bat time, same bat channel, only Black Rock has completed its metamorphosis into The Rugby Club so things...
View ArticleSkeptical Salon: Everything is Bullshit
Thursday, January 26 7:30 PM Location: Jennifer and Jeff’s Place With a title reflecting a few too many of our own thoughts going into 2017, this month’s book is Everything Is Bullshit: The Greatest...
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